October 2018 events at the UAA Bookstore

All UAA Campus Bookstore events are free and open to the public. Free parking is available for all bookstore events in the South Lot, Sports Complex NW Lot, West Campus Central Lot and Sports Campus West Lot. See below to learn what's happening at the bookstore in the week ahead.

An Appreciation for John Haines' Poems-From the Perspective of Chinese Translation Thursday, Oct. 11, Noon-2 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

The international journal of Chinese and English-language poetry, Pangolin House, Winter 2013-14, features 14 poems by John Haines (1924-2011), translated by Diana Shi. At this event, Summer Hu, who works at the UAA Confucius Institute, discusses John Haines' poems through a Chinese lens. Explored are the influences of Chinese poets in John Haines' early poems and the challenges of translating poetry into Chinese.

Pangolin House, based in the U.S. and Hong Kong, seeks to honor aesthetic and literary excellence from both east and west. Editors George O'Connell and Diana Shi have been recipients of a U.S. National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Translation.

This event is sponsored with the UAA Confucius Institute.

Professor Daniel Phil Gonzales presents The Establishment of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University and the Role of Filipino Americans Friday, Oct. 12, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

Professor Daniel Phil Gonzales is professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University. At this event, he offers a critical analysis of the establishment of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University and the role of Filipino Americans.

Professor Daniel Phil Gonzales has a J.D. from Hastings College of Law, UCSF, and a B.A. in international relations from San Francisco State College. He is recipient of the prestigious 2011 Lifetime Achievement Honoree, Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP), San Francisco.

This event is held in celebration of Filipino American History Month and is sponsored with Alaskero Partnership Organizers at UAA, UAA Center for Community Engagement and Learning, and UAA Diversity Action Council.

Parking at UAA is free on Fridays.

True Crime vs. Perfect Crime Friday, Oct. 12, 4-6 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

Authors Dana Stabenow (Less Than a Treason), Leland Hale (What Happened in Craig? Alaska's Worst Unsolved Murder), Tom Brennan (Dead Man's Dancer: The Mechele Linehan Story), Keenan Powell (Deadly Solutions) are joined by author and journalist Lael Morgan, a licensed private detective and former police reporter.

Fiction and nonfiction writers, get ready for crime talk, craft and discovery.

Parking at UAA is free on Fridays.

The Game of Go Workshop with Jacobo Franco Tuesday, Oct. 16, 4-6 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

Go is a strategic board game for two players in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent does. According to the International Go Federation, "The history of Go stretches back some 3,000 years, yet throughout this time the rules have remained essentially the same. The game is thought to have originated in China or the Himalayas. Mythology has it that the future of Tibet was once decided over a Go board. It is said that a Buddhist ruler refused to go into battle and instead challenged the aggressor to a game of Go to avoid bloodshed. In the Far East, Go enjoys great popularity today, and interest in the game is growing steadily in the rest of the world." Today, there are more than 40 million Go players worldwide.

Jacobo Franco is a student at UAA studying computer science. Everyone is encouraged to attend this event and learn how to play the game Go.

Barrett Martin presents The Singing Earth Tuesday, Oct. 16, 7-8:30 p.m. Fine Arts Building, Room 150 (please note the different location)

Barrett Martin is a Grammy-winning producer, composer, and renowned session drummer and percussionist who has played on over 100 Rock, Blues, Jazz, and World music albums. His work can be heard on albums by REM, Queens Of The Stone Age, Mad Season, Screaming Trees, Walking Papers, Tuatara, Blues legend CeDell Davis and recording sessions that range from the Peruvian Amazon, to Brazil, Cuba, and even Jerusalem. His book, The Singing Earth, is a collection of musical adventure stories that chronicle his musical work in 14 musical regions, across 6 continents, over the course of 30 years.  In 2017, Barrett Martin won a Latin Grammy for his production and drum work on the Brazilian album "Jardim-Pomar."

This event is free, open to the public and there is free parking in the Fine Arts Building lot.  This event is sponsored with Alaska Native Studies, UAA Music Department, and UAA Campus Bookstore. Books will be on sale at the event.

A Family Affair: Authors Jan Harper Hanes (Cold River Spirits), Phyllis Fast (Red Paint Woman) and Jane Harper (Unequally Divided) Wednesday, Oct. 17, 4-6 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

Jan Harper Haines' Cold River Spirits: Whispers from a Family's Forgotten Past is a classic in Alaska literature. It brings together stories from the life and times of her Koyukon Athabascan mother and grandmother. Her cousin, Professor Emerita Phyllis Fast, is an anthropologist and author of the acclaimed Northern Athabascan Survival: Women, Community, and the Future. Her current focus is writing Alaska Native mysteries. At this event, she presents her newest book, Red Paint Woman. Alongside Phyllis is another family member, Jane Harper. She is a long-time Alaskan who has spent over thirty years in Anchorage and Juneau. Her novel Unequally Divided is a vibrant novel portraying difficult choices of love and life's direction during the tumultuous Vietnam era.

Jorge Madrazo-Cuellar presents The National University of Mexico and the National Commission of Human Rights: Helping Immigrants Friday, Oct. 19, 4-6 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

Jorge Madrazo-Cuellaris is director of the UNAM-Seattle Center for Mexican Studies (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) and the UNAM Program to Support Mexicans Abroad. In addition, he is the president of the United States Chapter of the Iberoamerican Institute of Constitutional Law and vice president of Community Relations at Sea Mar Community Health Centers. From 1996-2000, he was Attorney General of Mexico and from 2001-2006, he served as Consul of Mexico in Seattle.

This event is a unique opportunity to learn about Human Rights in Mexico and how UNAM is executing practices/programs to help migrant communities. It is sponsored with Sol de Medianoche and Itzel Yarger-Zagal.

There is free parking at UAA on Fridays.

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